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fandomsecrets2013-11-07 06:20 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-11-07 06:20 pm
[ SECRET POST #2501
⌈ Secret Post #2501 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[American Horror Story]
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[Beverly Hills, 90210]
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[Homeland]
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[Skins]
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[Signs]
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[Downton Abbey]
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[Epic Rap Battles of History]
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[Mass Effect]
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[orange is the new black]
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[The Swapper]
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[Rune Factory 4]
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[Skyrim]
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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 020 secrets from Secret Submission Post #357.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: To Non-Americans who have visited America
And again, yes racism exists in the UK. The BNP, UKIP, and half the football fans are unquestionably awful. But it exists in a different form to the US as I experienced it, and more generally as I have seen potrayed.
Which you being a history major should be aware comes from tremendously different backgrounds regarding minority groups coming here. The US with it being dominated by former slaves, and the UK accepting large amounts of immigrants to rebuild post war (alongside the history of being a colonial empire).
It doesn't seem unreasonable to suggest this might have noticeable impact upon modern race relations?
Re: To Non-Americans who have visited America
It isn't unreasonable to suggest that this would have a noticeable impact--my problem is that you're taking such deeply troubled places as Alabama and Florida and painting the entire nation with that brush. Which is not to say that racism doesn't exist up north where I am; merely that things are going to be very different. It's also a bit of a conceit to act like slavery is the only thing that impacted American race relations. What about shifts in immigration patterns? Indigenous nations? Do we only have two racial groups in the US, now?
I'd also argue that people of color can sit with, go to church with, and live with whomever they want; the black kids sitting together at lunch in 2013 doesn't mean the white kids aren't allowing them at their table. There's a deep history behind communities of color hanging together and to act like they should just integrate because we should all hold hands and sing kumbaya and pretend that history doesn't matter to them is a bit problematic to say the least.
Re: To Non-Americans who have visited America
We shop in the same stores--what the heck are you talking about? Were you in a place that had a special African American Mall or something? Or are you saying that clothing in different styles is never sold in the same stores?